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Letters Patent No. 78,420, dated June 2, 1868.

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TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONGERN: i

Be it known that I, JAM-ES M. BRYAN, of Fenningtonvillc, in the county of Chester, and

rc of Pennsylvenia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Tire-Bending and Puncbinglilnchines;

to the links C1. These links are pivoted at andI do hereby declare that the following is 'a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speci-- cation, and which represent a View in perspective of my 'improved tire-bending and punching-machine.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine for bending tires to adesired diameter, and of punching the same, and`.to this end my improvement consists in combining formers and a graduated rest Ver giving the desired eurvaturc to the tire, with levers for applying the pressure thereto, as hereinafter describedA In'the accompanying drawings, A represents the bed-plate of the machine. An uncquabar" pivotedon a stand, B', secured upon the bed-plate. Its short arm bears, by means of a fri any. suitable manner, against the long arm of another unequal-armed lever, AC,which is phi '.'i

their opposite ends to a stand, C2, which has upa D', in'ivhich a mandrel, D, moves vertically. Tl

t its fulerum ng bearing,

short. arm of the lever C, and to its lower end is secured the bending-die d2. A rest, E, extends acrossv the b'cdplate beneath the mandrel, and has upon it bearings, e. e, oi" greater or less number, accordin to the range of Adiameters to be bent. Cylindrical formers, F F, can bel placed in the bearings e c, and resi upon them by journals upon their ends. i A punching-die, G-,is inserted in a hole in the rest lE, immediately beneath the mandrel, when the machine is to be'u'sed asa punch. A box, II, upon the bed-plate, serves as a receptacle for the dies when not in use. A'

stop, H', is placed beneath Vthe lever I3.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The forxners F are pla-ced in the bearings e of.' the rest, and :it equal distances from the bending-mandrel, and the tire-bar laidupon them. Power being then a A lied to the lever B, it raises the long end of the lever C, against which it bears, and depresses the short end,.to 'which the mandrel D and die Z2 are attached. This `fessure actinff on the Vtire between the farmers F I, which support it, bends p n it-to a curve, the radius of which will be greater in proportion as the fol-mers F F are placed further apart.

When it is desired to use the machine as a punch, a die ofthe desired size and form is inserted in a hole in the rest, immediately beneath the mandrel, and the tire B,'a h'olc corresponding to the die used will be punched in it. Thevstop H prevents the mandrel and its die fr'oindesccnding teo far.

1e upper end of the mandrel is connected by the links d tothe placed between them, when, by pressure upon the lever I I do not claim anyo" the devices herein shown and described separately, -for they are all old and well known, but I do claiml. The arrangement, heroin described and shown, of the levers 'B and C, supports B and D", and stirrups Cv and d,'for the purposes set forth.I

2. The arrangement, herein described, of the rest E,'rellers-F F, adjustable die cl2, and mandrel D, for the purposes set forth. 4

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, .Iviax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. JAMES M. BRYAN. Witnesses SIMnoN S. WARNER,

`RILLA W. BnI'N'roN. 

